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BERKSHIRE RECORD OFFICE

NEWBURY WESLEYAN METHODIST CIRCUIT D/MC 7 RECORDS ______

Records of Newbury Wesleyan Methodist Circuit, 1802-1963. (6 vols, 3 bdls, 9 docs).

Deposited in July 1974 (acc. 1944 part); March 1979 (acc. 2369 part); June 1988 (acc. 4238 part); November 1992 (acc. 5123 part); February 1993 (acc. 5172 part); January 2008 (acc. 8163)

Cat : RH 12/1993; LS 9/2004; 1/2008 ______

Introduction

Hall's Circuits and Ministers and a centenary list of ministers (D/MC 7/9/2) show that Newbury circuit was formed out of circuit in 1795. It included Witney until 1803 and until 1810. However, apart from the papers listed in section 1 and a preaching plan of 1854-1855 (D/MC 7/5A/1), no administrative records at all have survived before the 20th century, with the exception of a number of early licences for places of worship.

Apart from Newbury itself, this was a predominantly rural circuit.

According to the plan of 1854-1855 there were then 21 preaching places, extending about 10 miles north to and , a similar distance south to include , and in , and east and west as far as and Halfway. By the 1930s there were 15 chapels, with the circuit boundaries little changed, although between 1908 and 1929 when Hungerford Wesleyan Methodist circuit had joined Newbury again the number had swollen to 24 (see D/MC 7/5A/2 and records under D/MC 10).

Newbury Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists united fully in 1937, having initially changed their names to Northbrook Street and Bartholomew Street sections (see D/MC 9). Moves towards union began in 1934 with the first united local preachers' meeting, the two plans being amalgamated in June 1935.

Disappointingly few records of the Newbury Wesleyan circuit survive. An Early baptism register, 1838-1852, is an exception (D/MC 7/7A/1), but then no register is found until 1908. For births/baptisms and burials, 1795-1837, see MF 598 (originals at Public Record Office).

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Schedule of accessions

Acc. 1944 : 2A/1; 2C/1; 5A/2/2; 5A/3; 9/1 (part)

Acc. 2369 : 5A/1; 6A/1; 9/3 (part)

Acc. 4238 :7A/1-3 (part)

Acc. 5123 :5A/2/1 (part)

Acc. 5172 : 1B/1-2; 1C/1; 1D/1-2; 9/2 (part)

Acc. 8163 : 1D/3

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Summary

Circuit administration

Miscellaneous accounts, 1833-1837; licences of places of worship, 1802- 1840; Finance Committee minutes, 1923-1963; Wesley Guild Council accounts, 1927-1944; Youth Council accounts, 1944-1963.

Preaching plans and directories

Plan, 1854-1855, 1929-1932; directories, 1929.

Local preachers

Minutes, 1906-1952.

Registration

Registers of baptisms, 1838-1852, 1908-1952.

Miscellaneous

List of ministers, 1795-1960; Circuit calendar and blotter, 1927.

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Records in other collections

Records of individual churches

Boxford D/MS 21

Chaddleworth D/MS 31

East Garston D/MS 41

Hampstead Norreys D/MS 42

Inkpen D/MS 45

Newbury City Mission D/MS 50

Newbury Northbrook Street D/MS 51

Stockcross D/MS 71

Thatcham D/MS 73

Worlds End, D/MS 86

Kintbury D/MS 88

Kingsclere D/MS 94

East Woodhay D/MS 101

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1 Circuit meetings and administration

1A Quarterly Meeting/Circuit Meeting minutes

[No Quarterly Meeting minute or account books have been deposited.]

1B Accounts

1B/1 Account for timber, nails and labour for 1 doc 1833 chapel.

1B/2 Quarterly accounts [draft?] with various jottings 1 doc 1836-[1837] of sums of money and resolutions, and the words 'J. Purdue reappointed steward' [see D/MC 7/1C/1.]

1C Correspondence

1C/1 Letter from John Purdue of , [circuit 1 doc 1846 steward], promising to give the matter of the Newbury circuit accounts his "earliest attention".

1D Other records

1D/1/1-5 Certificates of registration as places of worship 1 bdl 1814-1839 for houses in , Thatcham, World's End ( of Hampstead Norris), Compton and .

1D/2 Proposed trustees at Newbury, Hampstead 1 doc n.d. [Norris], and [East?] Ilsley, and possible [1830s?] ministers to be invited for the next year.

1D/3/1-22 Licences for places of worship in Berkshire and 1 bdl 1802-1840 Hampshire. (Copies of the original certificates submitted to the diocese or to quarter sessions, certified by the diocesan deputy registrar or the clerk of the peace.) [For a list, see Appendix II. Original certificates for Berkshire have been published in Lisa Spurrier (ed.), Berkshire Nonconformist Meeting House Registrations 1689-1852 (Berkshire Record Society vols 9-10, 2005).]

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2 Circuit committees

2A Finance and Invitation/General Purposes

2A/1 Finance Committee minutes [from 1937, Newbury 1 vol 1923-1963 [united] circuit].

2C/1 Wesley Guild Council accounts, 1927-1944, and 1 vol 1927-1963 Youth Council accounts, 1944-1963 [from 1935, Newbury [united] circuit].

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5 Preaching plans and directories

5A Plans

[For plan, August-December 1843, see N/D 8/20.]

5A/1 Plan, November 1854-March 1855. 1 doc 1854-1855

5A/2/1-2 Plans and directories (Newbury and Hungerford 1 bdl 1929 circuit), March-September 1929.

5A/3 Plan, July-September 1932. 1 doc 1932

[For plans of Northbrook Street section (former Wesleyan chapels), 1935-1937, see D/MC 9/5A/1-2.]

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6 Local preachers

6A Minutes

6A/1 Local preachers' meeting minutes, Newbury 1 vol 1906-1952 Wesleyan Methodist Circuit, 1906-1908, Newbury and Hungerford Wesleyan Methodist Circuit, 1908-1929, Newbury Wesleyan Methodist Circuit, 1929-1934, and Newbury [united Wesleyan and Primitive] Methodist Circuit, 1934-1952.

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7 Registration

7A Baptisms

[For baptisms, 1795-1837, see MF 598.]

MF 10363 7A/1 Register of baptisms solemnized in chapels in the 1 vol 1838-1852 circuit, January 1838-August 1852. (Not in chronological order, c.1846-1848.)

[No register known 1852-1908.]

MF 10364 7A/2 Register of baptisms solemnized in chapels in the 1 vol 1908-1930 circuit, May 1908-July 1930. (Not in chronological order, c.1912-1920.)

MF 10365 7A/3 Register of baptisms solemnized in chapels in the 1 vol 1930-1952 circuit [continuing in use for former Wesleyan Methodist chapels after Methodist Union in 1932], July 1930-November 1952 [see also D/MC 8/7A/4]. (Not in chronological order, c.1947-1952.)

7C Burials

[For burials, 1823-1837, see MF 598.]

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9 Printed material/Miscellaneous

9/1 Accommodation (number of sittings) provided at 1 doc 1873 Wesleyan Methodist chapels and other preaching places, by District (comparison with 1851).

9/2 Centenary list of ministers in the circuit, 1795- 1 doc 1895-1960 1895 [printed], endorsed with updates to 1960.

9/3 Circuit calendar and blotter. 1 doc 1927 (Includes brief history of Newbury (D/MS 51) and Hungerford (D/MS 3) churches, and list of officers of all churches in the circuit.)

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APPENDIX I

Concordance

The following documents were previously catalogued as D/N :

Old reference New reference

D/N 4/1/4 D/MC 7/2A/1

D/N 4/1/6 D/MC 7/6A/1

D/N 4/1/7/2 D/MC 7/5A/1

D/N 4/1/7/14 D/MC 7/5A/2/2

D/N 4/1/7/15 D/MC 7/5A/3

D/N 4/1/12 D/MC 7/2C/1

D/N 4/1/15-16 D/MC 7/9/1

D/N 4/2/10 D/MC 7/9/3

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APPENDIX II

List of meeting house licences in D/MC7/1D/3

1. Dwelling house of John Sidery in , 1802.

2. Methodist Chapel, , 1804.

3. Dwelling house of John Geater in Kintbury, 1806.

4. Dwelling house of James Cruse at Westbrook, Boxford, 1808 (certificate dated 1807).

5. "Lately erected Building" in , 1808.

6. Dwelling house of Joseph Tanner in East Ilsley, 1809.

7. Dwelling house of John Maslin in Newbury, 1809.

8. Newly erected chapel in [East] Ilsley, 1810.

9. Dwelling house of James Sawyer at Stanmore, Beedon, 1816.

10. Dwelling house of William Dodds in [East] Woodhay, Hampshire, 1817.

11. Newly erected chapel in Brightwalton, 1819.

12. House of William Piper in Faccombe, Hampshire, 1819.

13. Dwelling house occupied by William Snellgrove in East Woodhay, Hampshire, 1824.

14. Dwelling house occupied by James Trueman in Speen, 1824.

15. Dwelling house occupied by George Pike in , Hampshire, 1824.

16-17. Dwelling house occupied by John Pain at Old Benham, Welford, 1825 (two copies).

18. Chapel in , Hampshire, 1825.

19. Dwelling house occupied by Frederick Smith in Sidmonton, Hampshire, 1826.

20. Dwelling house occupied by John Jones in Combe, Hampshire, 1826.

21. House occupied by William Slade in , 1839.

22. House "lately erected by Thomas Giles" in Bucklebury, 1840.